The Citadel Athletics

JUNIOR (2017): A Second Team All-SoCon selection at third base as a junior…Led the Bulldogs with a .299 average and 60 hits in starting all 51 games…Also led the Bulldogs with 10 home runs, a .376 on-base percentage, 31 RBIs, and 101 total bases…Also led the Bulldogs with 17 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games…Had a Citadel-best nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 24-March 10…Also had a reached base streak of 12 games…Went 5-for-8 and scored six runs in the Bulldogs’ historic 34-8 win over Winthrop…Hit two home runs in the Winthrop win and finished with five RBIs…Had six games with three hits or more including a3-for-5 day against South Carolina (3/7) and a 3-for-5 day against Dartmouth with three RBIs and two runs scored (3/19)…Was 6-for-11 and scored three runs in the series against VMI (3/24-26)…Was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored against CSU in an 8-6 win (4/4)…His 22 walks drawn were third on the team…Was batting over .300 until the final game of the season…Also made seven pitching appearances, notching two saves, one against Presbyterian (2/28) and another in 1.1 innings of work against Dartmouth (3/17)…Longest outing came against Delaware State, in which he picked up the win, working 2.0 innings, striking out four.

SOPHOMORE (2016): Played in 52 games at shortstop for USC-Lancaster… hit a team-best .449 from the plate with 13 home runs, 69 runs scored and 49 RBI… added 13 doubles and drew 37 walks… finished with a .562 on-base percentage and .795 slugging percentage.
 
FRESHMAN (2015): Appeared in 51 games as a freshman at USC-Lancaster, carrying a .339 batting average and .425 on-base percentage… second on the team with eight doubles and led NJCAA Region X with 40 RBI… stole nine bases… named a 2nd Team All-Region player by Region X coaches.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2015 graduate of West Ashley High School … five-year baseball varsity starter … garnered all-state, all-region and Lowcountry Player of the Year honors junior and senior year … finished junior season with .512 batting average and 8-1 record on the mound … Select Games MVP senior year … tallied a .420 batting average and a 9-2 record on the bump … helped West Ashley rank seventh nationally in 2014 and 2015 … attended USC Lancaster before coming to The Citadel.
 
PERSONAL: Jonathan Frank Sabo … born Nov. 10, 1995 … son of Timothy Sabo and Beverly Postell … relative Chris Sabo played for Michigan and the Cincinnati Reds … majoring in history.